What should you wear to online meetings in the coronavirus era? Professionals and science offer advice:
For some, these new conditions with less direct face-to-face interaction and supervision may seem like an opportunity to slack off. Much to the contrary, it takes even more discipline and commitment to stay productive in our new working environments.
When it comes to work attire, if you are used to presenting yourself in a certain way to your clients or in the workplace in general, keep those standards when attending video conferences. Your clients and coworkers will continue to see you as the professional that you are, you will be demonstrating a conscious effort to remain focused, and probably most importantly, you will be subconsciously reminding yourself that you are still at work... just in a different setting.CHINA - 2020/03/22: In this photo illustration the American video Communications company Zoom logoseen displayed on a smartphone with a computer model of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the background. Science actually supports the perspectives that my colleagues have articulated., Mark Zondler argued that studies lay out reasons why you want to “dress for success” even in online meetings: According to a study performed by psychological scientists at Northridge, Columbia and California State University, our clothing has an impact on our thoughts and our ability to think in an abstract manner. It affects not only how others perceive us, but how we perceive ourselves. Likewise, according to a study published in the Human Resource Development Quarterly, “Respondents felt most authoritative, trustworthy, and competent when wearing formal business attire but friendliest when wearing casual or business casual attire. Significant two-way interactions were found between dress preference and mode of dress worn on self-perceptions of productivity, trustworthiness, creativity, and friendliness.”As a scientist, I was curious about the “science” of all of this so I dug a bit deeper.introduced something called “enclothed cognition.” The goal of the study was assess how clothing influences our psychological state. Using three experiments, they evaluated whether wearing a lab coat would increase performance in attention related tasks. Attention increased when wearing a lab coat, however, it increased and was more sustained when the occupation was identified as being a doctor rather than a painter. While a very focused experiment,Ultimately, the new reality forces us all to exercise a degree of common sense about these types of matters. Nedra Dickson is Managing Director - Global Supplier Inclusion and Sustainability Lead at Accenture. She said, “If it’s my team no business attire, but I do make sure the shirt is presentable ....If it’s with clients, I put on a dressier shirt.”. She says, What’s above the desk matters the most! Your colleagues and customers still expect a professional look. Your attire can be comfortable but should make you feel confident. Lean towards conservative to avoid feeling over-exposed.Nicole Page Theodore is a business and entertainment attorney and owner of. Throughout the coronavirus ordeal, she has posted on social media about “getting dressed to go downstairs.” She gets the last word, Like it or not, your appearance says a lot about you before you’ve even had a chance to speak. People make snap judgments, it’s just in our nature. Right or wrong, during normal business hours we don’t want to see our attorney in coffee-stained pajamas, or our investment banker in an undershirt. Knowing this, why not take advantage? Make it so when you appear on screen people feel like they might miss something important if they don’t listen to your every word.
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